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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Insecure Writer's Group with Dr. Phil!

Because writers might on occasion grapple with insecurities, Alex J. Cavanaugh founded an Insecure Writer’s Support Group for bloggers. We’re posting monthly, exposing our insecurities and/or offering support. Please check out Alex’s link to visit others’ posts. It’s a huge group of exceptional writers, authors and fun folks. Some are all three.

Several of you have remarked that I don’t seem insecure. Thank you. That feedback helped me to realize there’s a huge difference between me and my writer’s voice. It’s a gap so great that only an expert could help us find common ground. So I asked Dr. Phil to facilitate an intervention. He agreed; he likes a challenge. Please enjoy today’s show.

Dr. Phil:Sure thing. Now what seems to be the problem? I said, what seems to be the problem?

RWV (Pointing at a corner of the room):The problem? Look at her Dr. Phil! Robyn cowers in the corner. A stone-cold look of fear across her face, she slowly nibbles dark chocolate covered edamame. I do all the work. I’m the assertive, articulate, (winking and thumbing her neckline to expose a teaser of cleavage) sexy, edgy woman. She’s the wimpy, people-pleasing, shlumpy klutz. (Nudging Dr. Phil) It ain’t hard to figure out why she’s still single. Huh? I express all her emotions for her too, while she sits there getting fat munching ho-hos.

Robyn: It’s edamame, you dumb –

Dr. Phil (interrupting): Come closer to us and let’s talk, Robyn.

Robyn (meekly): W, w, why?

Dr. Phil: Because you can’t change what you don’t acknowledge. I said, you cannot change what you don’t acknowledge.

Robyn moves shyly to the middle of the stage, plopping down an arm’s distance from Dr. Phil and her Writer’s Voice.

Dr. Phil: That’s better. Now, what is it you’re so scared of?

Robyn: I, well, it’s, I don’t know. I’m shy. I don’t think I have, uh, anything important to say so I get quiet when I to start to (whispering) express myself in real life. I leave it all to her.

Dr. Phil: Tell ya what. I’ve hired the experts of The Insecure People Attached to Secure Writers’ Voices Foundation for a 26-day intensive in Fortworth, Texas. These folks are the best of the best. But it’s not gonna be easy. You’re gonna have to work real hard to come to a meeting of the minds. Now are you willing to do this? I said, are you willing to do this work?

RWV: That depends, will there be any single men there who aren’t idiots, freaks or weirdoes?

Robyn to RWV: Shh, I can’t believe you said that. to Dr. Phil: Uh, will there be chocolate?

Dr. Phil: Okay, listen; I’ve hired the best of the best. I can’t promise men or chocolate, but there’s a private jet waiting just outside the stage doors to take you there.

RWV: A pilot? I bet he’s cute! She skips off fingering her mile-high frequent flyer club card.

Robyn strolls behind, nervously, clinging to her container of edamame.

Dr. Phil: We’ll follow up with these two some other time. Ya’all have a great evening!

Dr. Phil walks up to his wife, Robin, and escorts her off-stage. There, he starts to unbutton her blouse, but she stops him when she notices the camera’s still rolling.

Great Robynism!!! Dr. Phil is the strong, assertive, always accurate man is he? If you find him in real life, ask if he has a twin, hell a clone would be better....I loved RWV, she is as spunky as I let my muse be. Whereas the real me will give Clark Kent a superiority complex.

You always make me laugh so much, Robyn. This is such a creative post! And, I can totally relate to the insecure Robyn, I felt like I was reading about myself. Especially the part about getting fat munching ho-hos LOL. :D

Sometimes you just have to blurt it out. See who is receptive and see who isn't. Always stay in your own comfort zone. Even if it isn't comfortable to others. You gotta be true to yourself. And when you do, the right people will follow you. That was AWV speaking. Ames doesn't endorse anything she says about me. Have a nice day. Power to Chocolate!~Ames

I appreciate all your comments and, especially, knowing that others feel the same about their writer's vs real-life personas.

Emma, good question. It's a green soybean usually served in its shell and with salt. They're pretty addicting and we Americans tend to munch them with sushi or other Japanese dishes. But we can also find it covered in chocolate. It doesn't sound good, but it does taste good.

Ames, yes, power to chocolate. And to you & AWV. Thank you.

Stephen, such nice sentiment. Thank you.

Thanks to my new followers! I'm honored, and I feel indebted to Dr. Phil.

I'm glad that you brought Dr. Phil over. I also liked how you managed to slip my new addiction (dark chocolate edamame) into the story! It was smart that Robin Mc Graw, showed up to make sure that he didn't try to take off with the other Robyns! Julie

Robyn, you have an excellent writer's voice, even if you do say you are shy and lack confidence. One would never know that unless you pointed it out. It's even harder to imagine that it could possibly be true, considering how openly you write. Girl, I can't even do that. I'm much more mouthy and open in my real life and can never find words to write, for fear of scaring the snot out of people.

MsA, it's helped so much that you all are so kind! Little by little, I've poured more of myself into my writing and now my life is practically an open blog. But this blog is a lot bolder than I am, generally, in person. I guess that's neither good or bad.

EmptyNest, yes, I had to. It was the best of the chocolate items I recently sampled. Was is the key word. They were gone quickly. Yours too?

Nezzy, it's always great to have you come over here with a holler. Be well.

This would be a great romance. A private jet, good looking pilot with a not-so-good looking co pilot who opts to fly while pilot is busy with one of the Robyns playing hide the chocolate edamame. Delicious. But I'm leaving Dr. Phil on the ground.

Anthony, someone's been watchin too much Dr. Phil. I said someone's been watching-- well, 2 someone's (me and you).

Julie, I'd leave him on the ground with Robin too. He uses his powers for good and not for evil, which I admire, but his ego is a bit inflated. He seems to think everything he says bears repeating and repeating again.

Cal, she is irritatingly perfect, witty, gorgeous, and - well - yeah, I just b*tch slapped her.